Newton Food Centre, Mustafa Centre and Velocity among places visited by COVID-19 cases while infectious

Six locations, including Newton Food Centre, Velocity@Novena Square and Mustafa Centre were added into the list of public places visited by COVID-19 cases while they were infectious by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday (May 4).

Other locations visited by TTSH COVID-19 cases include Sheng Siong Supermarket at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and Collin’s at Jubilee Square.

Apart from Mustafa Centre and Haniffa at Dunlop Street, all locations added into the list were visited by COVID-19 community cases linked to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) cluster.

The full list of locations, date and time visited by the cases are as follows.

1. Sheng Siong Supermarket at 233 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 on Apr 25, 9.10am to 9.40am
2. Huluruk Myeon House at Velocity@Novena Square on Apr 26, 6.10pm to 7.40pm
3. Newton Food Centre on Apr 28, 6.45pm to 7.15pm
4. Mustafa Centre on Apr 29, 1.35pm to 3pm
5. Collin’s at Jubilee Square on Apr 29, 7.25pm to 8.15pm
6. Haniffa Pte Ltd on Apr 30, 5.20pm to 6.15pm

The list of places exclude residences, workplaces, healthcare facilities and public transport.

Those identified as close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases would have been notified by MOH.

The list is updated by MOH on a rolling 14-day basis, or one incubation period, and as epidemiological investigations progress.

If you were at any of the locations during the specified timings, you should monitor your health closely for 14 days from your date of visit as a precautionary measure, MOH advised.

There is no need to avoid places where confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been as the National Environment Agency will engage the management of the affected premises to provide guidance on cleaning and disinfection.

There were 17 new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday, with five community cases.

All five cases were linked to the TTSH cluster, with three visitors to Ward 9D, a pharmacist and a patient having tested positive. This brings the total number of cases from the TTSH cluster to 40.

To tackle the recent surge in COVID-19 community cases, authorities announced the tightening of COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday.

The measures include reducing social gathering group sizes to five, bringing forward the implementation of TraceTogether-only SafeEntry and reduced capacity or temporary closure of selected high-risk venues.